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The Philippines is set on maintaining "good neighbourly relations" with Beijing, even as experts warn that China may start building in three years an island fortress just off the main Philippine island of Luzon.

In a statement marking the first year since an arbitration tribunal dismissed China's claims to nearly all of the South China Sea, Foreign Secretary Alan Cayetano said yesterday the Philippines "shall remain an enemy to none and a friend to all".

He described President Rodrigo Duterte's foreign policy, marked by a pivot to China, as a "game changer".

CENTRAL Group’s department store arm will spend Bt350 million to rebrand its stores as part of an effort to revamp the properties - alongside a push to boost its online services – during this year’s 70th anniversary of the group.

Central Department Store Group, which operates the properties, says the Bt350 million budget is aimed at “transforming its department stores in order to deliver a unique shopping experience for its customers”.

SHENYANG, China - China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo died Thursday after a battle with cancer, remaining in custody until the end as officials ignored international pleas to let him spend his final days free and abroad.

The prominent democracy advocate died aged 61, more than a month after he was transferred from prison to a heavily-guarded hospital to be treated for late-stage liver cancer.

COMPANIES that use illegal brokers to bring migrants to work in Thailand face the risk of being accused of human trafficking, the Labour Ministry warned yesterday, as thousands of migrants continued to flee home amid to widespread fear about the tough new labour law.

The government has ordered that enforcement of the labour law be delayed to allow millions of migrants from neighbouring countries to reprocess their work permits. As many as a million workers from Myanmar alone could return home over the next few months, said Ta Yee, chief of a worker assistance centre.

SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN) - Police suspect that a significant portion of the funds involved in the alleged Korean Air Chairman's embezzelment were taken from the company's coffers.

Korean Air’s headquarters in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, was raided by police on Friday morning related to suspicions that the company’s chairman embezzled funds allocated for the construction of a new hotel in Incheon to use for the decoration of his private home.

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) - Laos and Thailand have reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen cooperation in the maintenance of security along their shared borders.

The commitment was agreed after senior high-ranking officials from a joint boundary committee from the two countries made a border survey during June 27-28, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday.